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嘍: subordinates in a gang of bandits

By January 13, 2014January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

嘍 [喽] lóu


: subordinates in gang of bandits

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 Usage:

嘍儸[喽㑩] lou2luo: bandit
 Etymology:

形声 Pictophonetic .
口 (kou3: mouth) suggests the meaning while
(lou2: constellation; to wear) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
喽. Derived from generic character simplification rule #65 (婁 » 娄).

 Examples:
她不承認和他秘書發生了關系, 但自是空穴來風嘍。
ta1 bu4 cheng2ren4 he2 ta1 mi4shu1 fa1sheng1 le guan1xi, dan4 zi4 shi4 kong1xue2lai2 feng1 lou2.
He’s denied having an affair with his secretary, but of course there’s no smoke without fire.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary